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Expo start tunnel failed to start tunnel

Freshalmost 3 years ago

Mar 14, 20260 views

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> Jump to _official_ temporary workaround Summary Expected When running `expo start -c --tunnel` it should start up a tunnel Actual I get this error message: [code block] What platform(s) does this occur on? Android, iOS, Web Environment [code block] Minimal reproducible example Simply run the following in a terminal: [code block]

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Error: failed to start tunnel

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78% confidence100% success rate6 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: Expo start tunnel failed to start tunnel

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I have the same error and started arout the same time this post was posted.

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I have the same error and started arout the same time this post was posted.
I have the same error and started arout the same time this post was posted.

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Resolved in expo/expo GitHub issue #22186. Community reactions: 18 upvotes.

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Worked: 6

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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